Machine for making wire fabric.



E. W. OORHELL. IIAOHIHE FOB HLXIHG WIRE FABRIC.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE FABRIC.

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EVAN W. CORNELLF ADRlAN., litltblilhrnll, ASSlGNOR Ul" ONE-HALF 'lU AMBROSE B. PACK, 0F ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE FABRIC.

Specicationof I-.etterl Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 190.931.

' Application tiledI September 7, 1906. Seal No. 838,714.

To all 'whomI it 'may concern: i

B'e it known that I, Evan W'. CORNELL, ai citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Wire Fabric; and I'do declare the following to be a full, clear, and lexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference' being had to the'accompanying drawin s, and to the igu'res of reference marked. t ereon, which form a part of this' s ecification.

This invention re tes to machines for making wire fencing, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set'forth and point-ed out' particulai-ly in the claims.

'lhe object ofthe invention is to provide a machine for the manufacture'of Wire fencing, wherein the arrangement is such as to enable the production in a sim le and economical manner of the fencingi ustrated in my copend-ing application, filed February 10, 1906, berial No. 300,379 wherein a. torsion is placed npon the vertical or stay Wires to hold taut the staple or tying member by means of which the crossed strands are united. The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which?- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine' embod g my invent-ion. Fig. 2 is a plan view o the main portion of the machine, the super-structure being in section as on line 2-2 of Fig. l. is an enlalged fragmentary plan view, partly in horizontal seetion, showing one set of dies with a tie formed therein, and showing one of the twister-heads for Wrapping the end of the stay wire around the marginal Wire of the fabric. Fig. 4 is a section-.ii view' as on line 4-4 of F ig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views through succ-esthe crossed strands of the fabric are formed. Figs. 7 and 8 are elevations of two of the ties which are employed to join the crossed strands of the fabric, showing in exaggerated form the twist which is placed upon the stay wires upon each side of the line wires of the fabric. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of u. por-V tion of one of the stay wires of the fabric and the relative position of thc opposed. longituby the tying staples thereto, the dotted lines illustrating the position of the longitudinal strands when released by the dies, the return of which to the vertical position, placing a twist or torsion upon the stay Wire. Fig. 1'0 is a pels ective view of a section of wire fencing or abrio as manufactured in this machine, showinu in an exaggerated manner, the twist apphed' to the stay Wire. Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary view in plan, of the stay-wire feeding-device, and of the cutting and drop ing mechanism. Fig. 12 is an elevation of Ipig. I1. Fig. 13 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the stay-wire cutting-mechanism. Fig. 14 is a side elevation of one of the wire feeding wheels over which the longitudinal' Wires pass before entering the machine, the yshaft carrying said wheels appearing in transverse section. Fig. 15 is an edge elevation of Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a fragmentary view in elevation of one of the oscillatory clam ing heads cal-lied by the feeding wheels, slowing the manner of actuating said head to clamp the Wire. Fig. 17 is a plan View of one of the twister-heads employed to wra the end of the stay wire around the marginal or selvage Wire of the fabric. Fi 18 is a longitudinal section throu h said head as on line 15S-I8 of Fig. 17. ig. 19 is a view of the inner face ofthe cam wheel on the main shaft, showing some of the parts connected therewith for controlling the feeding of the stay wire and the cutting of the same. Fig. 20 is a fragmentary view in plan of the take-up reel and mea-ns for actuating it. Fig. 21 is :In end elevation of Fig. 20, a portion of the large View in section of a portion of the machine sl'iowing the manner of actuating` tho cross head carrying the movable dies. Fig. :26 is a. fragmentary view showing the stay wire eutting and dropping mechanism. li'ifr. is a plan view of a portion of one of the dies and the staple driving plunger lyingr therein.

Fig. 28 ls a cross section through one of tlm die holders showing n. two-part die therein and a sta-pie driving plunger in. section hetweon the parts of the die. Figs. 29 and :in are pelspective views of a set of mounted 55 dinnl strands to-said stay wire when secured dies, said dies being separated to show iziwir lll) d1 ehetweenthe crimping rollers @chain 26 -ichich j passes over 'e thel crimping.: rollers Aaie' 'ectnated -concurg I. .gently-.With theoperation jof' the feed. vWheels -whicheng'ages-tlleztrnr-l andtheoth'er end thehilh'or-Web'of thfvrheel. The tensionof said sp'ringis nomellyexerted to causethe 13"to sta'li'clbliquely' to the channels '318"v the rims),lofsid wheels, as shown in 16.4v Adiaciit. to'eachof the wheels 1 0 vand secured to thefi-ameof themac-hine is a straight plate .19 located opposite'the point where-the strand'wire's feed 'onto and pay oi 50 of the wheels 10, said plates' extending into the athof the rollers 16 in' the ends of the oren s 15, Wherebjr as the wheels 10 revolve, euch of the crank arms 15 is actuated in suc cession by contact of its roller 16 with said 55 plete to rotate its shaft 12 against the action l of said spring, and cause the pins 13 to stand 'transversely of the `grooves 18, permitting the Wires 19 toireeljT enter between said pins, and freelypass therefrom at the point.

y-*cokwhere [the onto and leave said 1vl1`eels'. As the rotation of the Wheels 10 coi-ries each of the rollers 16 in succession f bey'o'nd theends'ofithefplates 19, the springs x 1" ".17 actu a.'te thecrnnks :15 to'rotnte the shafts i 5,5 12,"fth'e1 eby clamping the wires 14 between '1re into; the machine.

es of this type,'it is necesiig. fof the 4 strand .wires kooperation of .tying the s. nirfene me@ O Whch -unite thc strand and stay 5' render themovement of the feedlngwheels int ern'1itt e nt,v there is employed upon'ftheouter e'ndqo'f-the shaft 11 carrying said Wheels, a large yratchet Wheel 29 having cdated notches'() in the periphclr thereof to be engaged by n pawll (see dotted nes in Fig.4 l) mounted between the sides of a connecting bar or itm'iin 32 which is su ported over the Weel ".29 and is pivotal y attached., to a bracket 33 depending from the couplinv 34 jounalekl on the crank iin V 35 0f 'the crlink 36 onthe cnil of shaft 6. d the movement of said crank the har 32 is re-A ciprocated, causing the pawl carried there-by to successively engage in the notches of the Wheel 29 and rotate said wheel intermittcntly. To lock the feed wheels :meinst niotionexce t :zt the desired intervals, an crm 37 is emp oyed attached to n slee-.vc 38 join'- nnIe-Ll ou the end of shaft 2., szti-zl znm having e notch therein which engages in succession the pins 39 projecting from the s'no of the Wheel 29. Extending from the. coller 3S utright angles to the arm 37 is n second arm 4() which extends int-o the path of u pin 4l carrie-d on the. side of the large gear wheel 5.

4The ports are so positioned that the moment the pawl 31 engwfes one of the notches in the ratchet wheel` 29, thc pin 41 will encounter the arm und rotate thc sleeve 38 to misc the arm 37 from engagement with the pin 39, thereby releasing the ratchet L ngrolle are-'drivenbfgr ineens lim whe-'cl and permitting it to be awl 31. After the passage of' the rom contact with' the arm 4U, thc arms 37 and 40 nrcreturneil to their normal position i by a coiled spring 42 attached to a third arm 43 extending downwardly from sleeve 38. A stopl 44 prevents the arm 43 being drawn too far by the spring 42.

The operation just described 1s such as to cause an intermittent rotation of the feed wheels and the crimping rollers between which the com leted fabric passes, the-longitudinal 'sti-andi; of the -fahric remainingat rest while the transverse strands are being secured thereto, as hereinafter stat-ed. lt will be noted that the shaft of one of the rollers 20 is mounted in eccentric bearings 45 adapted to be actuated by the lever :16, whereby the distance between the Acrimping `varied at pleasure, by -rotati said bearings through the operation of said lever, as will be. well understood. The, transverse or 'stay wires 47 of the -fabric are ied Ainto the Amachine intexnittently in a continuous strand between the -g'rooved 'feed wheels 4S which are mounted upon parallel shafts 49 driven in unison by engavement of the gear wheels 50 thereon (see 2, 11 and 12'). One 4of the shafts 49 is provided with ya clutch collar 51 splined thereon adapted to engage 'a clutch member 52 on the hub of the beveled pinion 53 loose on the end of said shaft, said pinion meshin with the beveled- 'ear 7 carried on the s aft 16. While the c utch 51 is in engagement, the feed wheels 48 will be revolved to carry the cross wire into the machine.

In order to direct the stay wires properlyinto place and cut them the desired length, there 'is employed a round stationary bar 54 which extends transversely of the machine in line with the feed rollers 48, and which is provided in its under-side with the longitudinal channel 55 into which the end of the stay wire isdirceted by the horizontal guide 56.

Surrounding the channeled bar 54 is a hollow rock shaft 57 with aslot- 58 extending the entire length of sairl shaft. Attached to the end of the rock shaft 57 is an arm 59 to the free end of which is pivoted a reciprocatory rod` 6() through the operation of which said shaft is rocked or oscillat-ed about its axis. Pivoted at 6l to a bracket 62 forming a part ofthe stationary frame is a .lepcnding shear 63 which lies contiguous to the end of the bar 54. To the lower end of the shear 63 is pivoted an actuating rod 64. The rods and 64 are connected at their rear ends by a transverse bolt 65 upon which is journaled an antifriction roller 66 which lies against a cam wheel -67 mounted upon one side of the gear wheel '7. At the rear end oft-he rod 64 projects n yoke 68 which lies in a peripheral channel in the clutch collar 51 The rotation ofthe cani wheel 67 will cause the cam plate turned hy the 1 69 (see Fig'. 19)

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, the slide and prevent their -feeding down-- l l l i carried thereby, to engage pm 4l l the antifa-lotion roller 66 and move it laterally, causing the yoke 68 to dsengage the clutch collar 51 from the pinion 53, thereby stopping the rotation of the shafts 49 and the feed wheels, and at the same time through the operation. of the rods 6U and 64 rocking the shaft 57 to carrv the slot therein into alinement with the 'channel 55 inthe bar 54, and actuating the shear 63 to sever the stay wire, thereby permitting the severed ortio'n to drop through the slot 58 in the rocshaft and into position in the machine. When the cam plate 69 'shall have passed from engagement with the roller 56, said parts will he restored to their normal position and lthe feed wheels again set in operation through the medium ofthe weight 70, shawn more clearly in Fig. 26, which is attached to one end of 'a cable 71, the opposite end-of said cable bei-'ng attached to the frod 60, when a succeeding stay wire will be fed into the channel of the bar 54, severed the proper length and by the oscillation of the slotted shaft 57 dropped into the machine, the operation continuing intermittently as fast as said wires are 'required for use.

After the cross wires are severed and dropped from 'the slotted rock shaft 57, ,they are dlrecte'd into the machine by 'the inclined guides 72 mounted upon a transverse rod 73 which crosses the machine transversely and at one end is provided with a bracket 7 4 that supports the ends of the vchanneled bar 54 $011 which the slotted shaft 57 oscillates.

he stay wires drop upon the horizontal larms 75 extending from the die clamps 76 and 77 respectively on the stationary side of the machine. Within said die clamps are the forming die members 78 comprising one half of the dies in which are driven the tying' lsta-ples which 'unite the crossed strands of the Ifabric. The die members 78 are provided with the horizontal channels -79 in the -face thereof, 4that receive the transverse or stay Wires, each of said die members having` a. horizontal openin S0 therethrough into which the tying stap e is directed and in which the plunger which forms said staple into a tie, is

The tying staples S1 are int-roduced to Athe opening S0 inthe die members 78 bv means of a vertical staple slide 82 whic 1 is embraced by the staples and down which the staples are directed by the vertical guide piece Each of the staple slides H2 its opposite faces with :1V vert-ical channel S4 in hnc with the points of the staples, thereby preventing n bur upon the staple points causing` the staples to hind upon wardly thereon.

The opposed die members which with the die members 7S complet-c the dies in which the staples nre driven to tic them around the crossed strands ol' the fabric, are

mounted upon a reciprocatorv cross head 86 each of the plungers 91 is concaved, as at 9g, Supported at its en( s to slu e on the main to lit the loop of the staples 8l and that said ortion of the frame, said die members S5 ming secured in place by the clamping plates 87 and S8. In the face of the die members S5 are-the concavities 89 which direct the endsof the staples around the stay wire lying in the channel 90 therein crossing the face of said die members and registering with the channel 79 in the die members 78. 'When the working faces of the die members 7 8 and 85 are bro ht together by the movement of the crossxghead 86, the stay wire is confined between the faces of the dief. in a. horizontal position within the registering channels 79 andA 90, while the strand wires of the fabric pass upwardly between the faces of the dies in a position to be straddled by the legs of the staples when driven. At the moment the dies are bron ht together with the strand and stay wires etween the faces thereof, the tying staples are driven to unite said wires by a plurality of reciprocatory plers 91 which enter the channels 80 in thel ie members 78 and force the staples through said channels into the dies wherein theyr are formed around the crossed strands of the fabric in a manner shown in Figs. 5 to 10 inclusive, said plungers being attached to a slidable frame 92 actuated through the operation .of ecntrics 93 (see Fig. 1) mounted on the shaft 6 and connected with the frame 92 by means of the eccentric rods 94. It will be noted that associated with each alternate set of the die members in opposed relation and arranged staggeringly are the inwardly extending curved members 95 which project beyond the working faces of the die members and which enga-ge the longitudinal or strand wires successivi-i3T from opposite sides as the die members are. brought together and carry said strand wires out of vertical aline-ment, causing them to cross the stay wire within the dies at an angle, as clearlyr shown in Fig. 4. On referring to Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive, it will be seen that the stay and strand wires, b v the act-ion of the dies when brought together, are crimped at the point of crossing, as shown at 96, and that when joined tovether by the tying staple 81 they are loclied so as to prevent rotation one upon the other. Because of the fact that said crossed wires are so locked when the dies separate after completing the tying of the crossed strands, the straightening of the strand wires will exert a twist in opposite directions upon each scction of the stay wire lying between the tying sta iles, as shown in exaggerated form at 9T 1n ige. 7,'8 and 1U, thereby placing such stress upon the parts where -oined by the ties, as to prevent the ties becoming loose and allowing a displacement of the strands of the fabric.

On referring to Fig. 27, it will be seen that plungers are slotted, as at 99, for a portion of their length, in order to allow the working end of the plunger to slightly spread under extreme pressure, and fit the guide channel 80 closely, so as to prevent breaking the plunger at the corners. It will also he noted on referring to Fig. 2S that the plungers are provided with strengthening ribs 100 at the center.

The slidable cross head 86 carrying the movable die members is actuated through the medium of the connecting bars 101 which are attached at one end to said cross head and at the other end to a reciprocatory shaft 102, said bars having an enlarged portion 103 with a slotv 104 therein to freely receive the shaft 6. Upon the ends of the shaft 102 are antifriction rollers 105 adapted to be engaged res iectively by a cam 106 on the inner face o the cam Wheel 67 and by a cam plate. 107 secured at 108 to the s okes ofthe gear wheel 5. It will therefore e apparent that the rotation of the shaft 6 carrying the wheels 5 and 67 will cause the cams 106` and 107 to engage the rollers 105 on the shaft 102 and slide said shaft horizontally, thereby moving the cross head 86 to separate the die members. The cross head is moved in the opposite direction to bring the die members together by means of the cams 109 on the shaft 6 engaging the antifriction rollers 110 on the slidable shaft 102 to move said shaft in the opposite direction, whereby the connecting bars 101 are drawn upon at the proper timeto slide the cross head 86 so as to ring the dies together upon the crossed strands of the fabric.

The top and bottom Wires of the fencing, or what might be termed the selvage. wires of the fabric, are not secured to the stay wires by means of a staple, as are the intermediate strand wires, but instead the ends of the stay wires are wrapped around said selvage Wires to dispose of the projecting ends of the stay Wires and attach them to the selvage wires, by the movement of rot-anx4T twister heads 111 more clearhr shown in Figs. 17 and 18 which are confined to rotate in an embracing case 112 and through which pass the selvage wires 113. Upon each of the rotarv twister heads at its base is u. pinion 1 l-l which meshes with a rack 115 ada )ted to be reciprocated by mea-ns of a cross )ar l ld to which said racks are attached. said cross bnr being actuated b v means of the connecting rods H7 attached to the ends thereof. ()ne of said connecting rods is pivoted :u 11S to a pitman 119 coupled to a crank arm 120 on the shaft 6: the other of said connecting rods being pivoted at. |21 to a pitman 122 on the opposite side of the machine connected to the coupling 34 jonrnaled on the pin of the crank 36. By this arrangement, the cross bar 116 upon a rock shaft 129 journaled on the reis reciprocated to move the racks and 1 rotate the twister heads 11.1. The salvage wires are threaded through the twister heads l and within the upper ends of said heads is n l two-part steel bushing 123 having an eye 124 through which the wire passes and in which it is held as the head rotates to wind l the end of the cross wire 47 thereon. This l steel bushing is made in two parts to enable 1 it to be removed from the wire passing through the twister head when a splice in said wire is encountered of such size as to prevent the wire passing through the bush i lng. Because of the fact that said bushing is divided, both parts must be held within the twister head. One part of said bushing is held by the screw 1.25 and the other part by the screw 126. The last-named screw carries upon its upper end a grooved roller 127 which rotates thereon and which receives in the groove therein the end of the stay wire. W'th the parts in the position Figs. 17 and 18, the rotation of the shown 1n twister head to the right will lap the end of the stay wire around the strand wire, as shown in Fig. 18.

In order to hold the ends ofthe stay wires 47 in place while being wound around the salvage wires 'of the fabric, and in order to press said wires down upon the supporting arms 75 toinsure a proper entrance of the stay wire in said dies, when said dies are brought together, there 'are employed a number of swingrirner arms 128 which are mounted ci rocatory cross head 86. On one end of said rockshaft is a crank arm 130 carrying;` at its free end an antiriction roller 131 (see Fig. 3) ada ted to travel in an inclined way, shown by otted line 132, in the stationary ortion of the frame, whereby as the cross ead 86 reciprocates, said crank arm will be actuated to rock the shaft 129 to swing the arms 128 downwardly7 onto the stay wire to hold said wire in position during the operation of attaching it to the strand wires of the fabric, the arrangement being such that the swing the gear wheel 142. l said gear wheels imparts a similar motion to arms 128 swing downwardly as the dies come together and swing upwardly as the cross head recedes to open the dies, thereby carrving them out of the way of the upwardly moving fabric.

As before stated, the completed fabric is Wound u n a reel 24 at the teil of the machine, szud reel boing mounted on :md rotatable with o shaft 133 journnled at one end in a long bearing 134, und at the other end journcled in a swinging arm 135 pi'votcd at 136 to u suitable support. 0n one end of said shaft is u. loose pinion 137 carrying :1n i arm 13S made rigid t-l'lcreto, provided with un overhanginpr member 1.30 in which is pivotcd a gravity pawl .140 that engages the teeth of a ratchet wheel 141 fast on the shaft 133. Meehing with the pinion 137 is n gea-r 'thereon u crank arm 144 carrying e. iixed screw 1. 45. Mounted loosely upon said screw is u yoke 146 betw-n the sides of which is a ratchet wheel 147 having a tapped central openii'lg through which passes the screw 145. Pivotcd to the yoke is the pitman 122 whereby as the itman reciprocates the crank arm 144is osci ated and the shaft 143 is rocked to The swinging of the plnon 137; the turning of said pinion to the right will carry with it the crank arm 138 and cause the pawl to tum the ratchet wheel 141 thereby imparting a rotary movement to the shaft 133. A rotary movement of said pinion in the opposite direction will cause the pawl to ride over the teeth of the ratchet wheel without importing movement to the shaft 133. By this arrangement, an intermittent rotary movement is im arted to the reel, the arrangement being sue i that the reel is rotated after each operation of tying the stay wire to the strand wires of the fabric, the rotation of said wheel drawing upon the strand wires to pull the fabric through the machine a distance equal to the pace between the stay wires. To prevent e reel turning backwardly when the pawl is retracted after each rotary movement there is fixed to the shaft 133 o wheel 148 having teeth upon its periphery engaged by a detent 149 which revents a backward turning of the shaft o the reel. The reel pro er consists of longitudinally extending T- ars 150 which are supported at one end in suitable sockets in the side of the wheel 14S, at the other end of the reel the bar having the hooks 151 and one of the adjacent bars thereto, are sup orted in sockets in the web 152 of a remova e collar 153 mounted on shaft 133, the other bars at that end of the reel are riveted to the radial arms 154 of the fixed collar 155 on said shaft. When the reel shell have been filled with the fencing or fabric and it is desired to remove the bundle, the arm 135 which sup Orts the end of the reel is swung outwarc j, :is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 211 and the collar 153 removed. The removal of said collar releases the bar having the hooks 151 so ns to permit it 1.o be withdrawn with the bundle and allows the end of the adjacent bur to drop downn-'nrdly, as provided for by the slot 151i (sce Fig. 23) ilu-'roby allowing thc rccl to collapse to pci'- mit thc bundle to be withdrawn thcrcl'roni. After thc removal ol' the bundle, thc parts are restored for u succeeding operation.

It. is well undclstood in the art that as the bundle of wire fencing increases in sz'c upon the reel, the distant-c which said reel is rotated at enc-h o eration must be proportion- :1t-ely decrcnscf. 'lo accomplish such' a rr sult, a long vertically disposed dog 15T is a h1ne ,fo

trend wires'thronghffthe niachinqfthe 1 introducing-,the sta? 4wncs into e tli fabric-betiren the points-ofcrossing A l A 'h estay and strand Wiresat-th'eir cintaso Whilethelstrand wires are in ylne-for making wire fabric', the onibinationwiththe means for carrying A lie strand through the macinlne,- ofthe ,3g 'fxneanslfor introducing the stay wires into the 'machine ati htangles to the strand-wires, for ho ding the crossed wires of the the strand wires from the plane of the :f1-4'() fa ric successively in opposite directions, f 'and means for tying the crossed strands of thel fabric together while the strand Wires are so deflected.

' 3L In 'aniachine for making wire fabric, the combination with the means for carrying the strand through the machine, of the means for 'introducing the stay wires across -the strand wires, means for holding thc crossed strandsof the fabric while being joined, means for crimping said crossed strands together at the, junction thereof, means for deilcctinr; the strand wires from the .plane of the fa ric in succession in opposite directions, and moans for tying the crossed strands together whileA lthe. strand Wires are so deflected.

4. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with means for carrying the strand wires through the machine, of means 6o for introducing the stay wires across the strand wires, means for placing a torsion upon the stay wires, and means for tying,` thc strand and stay wires together to maintain said torsion in the latt'er. 66 5. In a machine for making wire fabric,

machine? acrossgthe 'strandwires, means.

e'iectin'g -theistranduires frornitheplane- 'fabric while being joined, means for deflect-- l d 'lifes @esther esta foraine-king wire fabric, withthcmcns for carrving thro gli Lilli Jlwhiilie, of the cmg -t h e cross circs, .die embracing-'said strand and s,projec t1on s upon said die mem- 'matic C Wl ngagingf-tlie-strand wires between 1e oints :wherethe strand wires cross the 'f1 v \Fi le sj'to:j carry the strand Wires out of l plane of thefabricbetween the stay Wires, :andfmeans-fortying .the crossed vstrands cf fthe ifa-brictogether-within' the dies.

fa finachine for -making wire fabric, the' combination with the means for carrying thestrand "wires through the machine, of the ineens' for.' introducing the cross wires, die AI nembers for "clampingthe crossed lWires 'preparatory- Lto 'joining them, projections ,uponsaiddie-members engaging the strand Wires and'deect-ing them successively-in op- -posit'e directions from the plane of the fabric, th ltrend andfstay: Wires, fand means :forA

andjmeans fortying 'the crossed-wires to gether'while the strand wires are so deflected.

.8. in amachine for making wire fabric, thecombination with the means for introducing the strand and stay wires into the machine at right angles to each other, dies for clampingsaid wires together preparatory to being joined,'reciprocatory lungers in saiddies for driving the sta les w lch loin the crossed Wires, staple sli es rising from said diesdown which the sta les are directed to the lungers, said staple s 'des having vertical c annels inthe opposite sides thereof which afford clearance for the points of the staples.

9. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with the means for introducing the strand wires into the machine, of the cross wire feeding and cut-ting mechanism consisting of the rotary feed wheels driven by a clutch, a channeled bar ada ted to receive the cross wire, a hollow rock s vraft encircliJrngr said bar, and having a longitudinal slot through which the cross wire is adapted to pass, a shear for severing the cross Wire, reciprocatory rods for actuating the rock shaft and the shear, a clutch mechanism controlling the feed Wheels connected with said rods and a cam for actuatingsaid rods and clutch mechanism.

10. In a machine for making;l wire fabric, thc combination with the means for introducing the cross wires into thc machine, of the means for introducing the strand wires into the machine and carrying said wires thciethrongh, iced wheels around which both said wires pass, each of said feed wheels having radial rock shafts carrying opposed pins lll() j for tying thes'ztx-'atnd nd'i'ess wires wget-lie i ,rotary twister-'heads through which the mulf ginal strands pass, meansfn on sind `heads iinlim'tfay for engaging and twisting tie ends Aof the cross wires around sind marginal wires, and a two-part removable bushmg 1n said twister pass. Y

12. In u machme for making wire Afabric., the combination with the means for jommg imi :the uppuslt quil. ofthe reel shaft, een@ fo iupslnf sind wel, und means I said fee, at :L variable speed. 13. In a machine for making wire fabric,

wherein the ends of the cross wires are f lfuppfl-'argunglu mal'ginaliy'rm thecombintlqup'fintwister head, u divided x'elnov nbie 'cfhndm cui lbushilglg within s uid head thoug lnl'llichthe marginal Wire passes, and

means 0n 'said twister head for engaging and turning the end of the cross wire around said marginal wire In testlmony whereof, I sign this speciiiention'in the presence of two witnesses. heads through which the margmai wlres EVAN W. CORNELL. Witnesses FRANK L. HOUGH, EMMA R. TRAVERS.

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